“nourishment” in Latin

The act of nourishing, nutricatio (act of suckling, Gell.): sustentatio (maintenance, Ulpius, Dig., ☞ nutritus occurs only in Plin., 22, 24, 53): by circumlocution with the verb.

Contents of nutritious parts, alimentum: full of nourishment [Vid: NUTRITIOUS]: that has no nourishment, in quo nihil alimenti est (after Cels., 2, 18, in.): imbecillus, infirmus (opposed to valens, firmus): there is more nourishment in meat than in any other food, plus alimenti est in came, quam in ullo alio.

Means of support, food, nutrimentum (PROP. and figuratively; but in the best writers only figuratively; e.g., nutrimentum eloquentiae): alimentum, cibus (of physical nourishment; alimentum also figuratively): pabulum, pastus (fodder; then, figuratively, pabulum animi ingeniique; pastus animi): victus (everything which we need or use as food): want of nourishment, penuria alimentorum: to take nourishment, cibum sumere or assumere: to look for nourishment, pastum anquirere (of animals): victum quaerere (of persons): to give nourishment to a person or thing, aliquem or aliquid alere (PROP. and figuratively, of persons and things): alicui victum praebere (PROP., of persons aerd things; ☞ to NOURISH): the veins convey nourishment to the bones, venae ossibus alimenta subministrant: the human mind finds its nourishment in learning and thinking, mens hominis alitur discendo et cogitando.